Zhenghe Iron Works is one of the most important industries of Shen Fatzi, and now only this iron factory, the annual output of iron smelting and steelmaking is enough to be equivalent to the national output of the Great Song Dynasty in the early years of Tongzheng and the early years. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

What's more, there were several small factories under the Zhenghe Iron Works that were engaged in the manufacture of steam cars, train parts, and so on. Although the scale is not very large, it already has a certain technical ability.

Shen Shiyi took out the Zhenghe Iron Works to talk about things, because he guessed Wu Jialiang's intentions.

Muskets!

The technical capabilities of the Zhenghe Iron Works were sufficient to manufacture muskets and artillery, but Zhou Quan restricted ordinary factories from participating in the manufacture of thermal weapons, and only the iron factories under the Donghai Chamber of Commerce had a license to manufacture thermal weapons.

Hearing Shen Shiyi's words, Wu Yong's footsteps stopped, looked back at him, his eyes flashed: "What do you want to say?" ”

"From my father, what you can't get, you can get it from me, my only condition is that you help me, you, and you Liangshan thieves!" Shen Shiyi's eyes flashed with ambition: "As long as you are willing to help me......"

"Help you challenge Zhou Quan?" Wu Jialiang smiled dumbly.

They are defeated under Zhou Quan's men, and they can survive in Zhou Quan's hands, relying on Song Jiang and his dead skin and swallowing their anger. He can give Shen Shiyi some ideas and find a little trouble for Zhou Quan, but challenge Zhou Quan...... This kind of stupidity, they did it once, and that's enough.

Zhou Quan will never give him a second chance.

"Why can't you, now that you are gradually entering this circle, you should know how disgusted Zhou Quan is by the people in this circle!" Shen Shiyi said.

The circle in his mouth is those rich second generations.

Zhou Quan has promoted industrialization for 20 years, of course, he himself has earned a huge country, and at the same time, he has also driven many people to make a fortune, such as Shen Fatzi, Meng Guang, Miao Zhongxian, etc., all of whom have become rich with the help of his guidance, and some have run their own chambers of commerce, and they have also become rich and rival the country under Zhou Quan's rule.

Nearly two decades have passed, and the second generation of these wealthy families has grown up and begun to grasp huge wealth.

They did not have the same reverence for Zhou Quan as their fathers, and their great wealth also gave them great ambitions, and at the same time they were full of desire for more wealth. They also wanted to plunder gold and silver in the newly opened colonies, to occupy a larger market share in China, and to make higher profits at a lower cost......

But they were strongly suppressed by Zhou Quan!

In particular, they wanted to reduce costs by extending working hours, increasing labor intensity, and reducing workers' incomes, which was explicitly forbidden by Zhou Quan. More than one family took risks on this issue, and was severely punished by Zhou Quan.

The rich first generation of entrepreneurs are afraid of Zhou Quan's ability and can only pretend to accept it happily, but the rich second generation like Shen Shiyi feel that this is Zhou Quan's means to prevent them from threatening Zhou Quan's status when they grow.

Therefore, they were not at all grateful to the industrialization and mercantilism led by Zhou Quan for making them rich, but felt that Zhou Quan was blocking their way to wealth.

"Cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing parents, think about it, this is not my family, there are more than ten families I know, and all of them are not inferior to my family. The rest of the people, although they didn't say anything, only dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak. They are still just waiting and seeing, as long as Zhou Quan wavers a little, or fails once, then ...... They will put pressure on Zhou Quan together! ”

Wu Jialiang listened to Shen Shiyi's words, and after a while, the corners of his mouth curved down slightly: "It will be dead." ”

Shen Shiyi was stunned: "What? ”

"You think about the best-case scenario, but have you thought about it, put pressure on Zhou Gong...... The result of the pressure is deadly. When has Duke Zhou succumbed to pressure, and besides, he has the Huaxia Army in his hands, and he will use the Huaxia Army to crush anyone who dares to resist him! ”

"Hahahaha......"

Hearing Wu Jialiang say this, Shen Shiyi smiled instead.

"Mr. Wu, you are too far away from Zhou Quan, so you don't know his plan, in Zhou Quan's plan, where he wants to control...... You come with me! ”

Taking Wu Jialiang back to the study, Shen Shiyi pointed to a globe and showed it to Wu Jialiang: "The latest globe will be replaced every six months or so!" ”

Nowadays, China's navigation technology is very developed, and steamships are used in inland waterway shipping, but in the expedition, sailboats are still the mainstay, after all, sailboats do not need to be refueled. Because of Zhou Quan's heavy reward, the sea charts became more and more detailed, and more and more islands and land were discovered, so the globe also appeared accordingly.

Wu Jialiang himself also has it, so he disapproves of Shen Shiyi's show-off tone.

"Zhou Quan only thinks about bringing this circle under his rule, he doesn't care about other places, my father once heard him say it himself, he said that outside this circle, it should be handed over to his children and grandchildren to operate."

Shen Shiyi said as he drew a circle with his finger on the map, which was roughly Japan, Luzon, Srivijaya, Champong, Chenla and the South China Sea Peninsula, that is, the area of Southeast Asia in another life. Wu Jialiang saw the light in his eyes flashing, and he was a little incredulous.

Judging from Zhou Quan's vigorous encouragement of ocean exploration, he thought that Zhou Quan's desire for land was limitless, and now it seems that his ambition is not great.

At least some of the islands outside this circle are not small, but Zhou Quan is not interested, especially Huzhou, which is said to be not inferior in size to the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhou Quan does not want to include them under his rule.

"So we have a way out, we can be like Zhou Quan through Jeju, first occupy an island here, recruit displaced people, and relocate people to reclaim the land. When Zhou Quan ran Jeju, there were only a few people and how much money he had, and now which of us is better than him at that time? Shen Shiyi said while dancing: "If we succeed, we will not compete with Zhou Quan for the throne, but let him give us the rights that should be us, if we don't succeed, we can also go overseas and establish ourselves in a place that he looks down on!" ”

Wu Jialiang's eyes turned around the globe several times, and he saw Luzon, where his big plantation was, adjacent to Song Jiang, and he pursed his lips: "If you really want to do this...... Do you have a way to contact Zhou Gong? ”

Shen Shiyi was stunned for a moment.

His way is his father Shen Fatzi, and now that Shen Fatzi is dead, where else can he do?

But after a turn of thought, he thought of Meng Guang.

Like Shen Fatzi, he is an old man who has followed Zhou Quan to promote industrialization since the time of Diqiu, and his vision is better than that of Shen Fatzi, and his assets are even several times that of Shen Fatzi, in addition, because he can keep up with Zhou Quan, Meng Guang is also one of the Privy Council politicians.

But Meng Guang was also dissatisfied with Zhou Quan's move to improve the treatment of workers, and complained to Shen Fatzi on more than one occasion, saying that the minimum wage and maximum working hours for workers were purely shackled to the factory owners, so that they could not act freely.

However, unlike Shen Shiyi and other rich second generations who can only say it behind their backs, Meng Guang once mentioned this matter to Zhou Quan in person, and Zhou Quan also explained to him, after that, when Shen Fatzi asked about it, Meng Guang sighed: "What Zhou Gong is worried about is not in front of him, but for a hundred years, if you don't act according to Zhou Gong's words, don't be a hundred years, as long as twenty or thirty years, there will be a miracle." Shen Fatty, you don't have to ask more, you don't understand it, you know that you won't be wrong if you do what Zhou Gong said! ”

Shen Shiyi was present at the time, but unlike his father's acceptance of Meng Guang's suggestion, he thought that Meng Guang was playing tricks.

"I can contact Zhou Quan through Uncle Meng." Shen Shiyi said.

"Then immediately ask that Uncle Meng to mourn to Zhou Quan, if Zhou Quan sends someone to mourn, then you can stay in Yingtian, if you ignore it, don't think about the rest, go overseas directly." Wu Jialiang said.

Shen Shiyi knew that he was resourceful, otherwise he would not have become the mastermind of Liangshan, and nodded when he heard this: "Then what?" ”

"Only after passing this hurdle can there be a then, if you can't pass this hurdle, there will be no then."

Shen Shiyi was still a little clever, and immediately understood that Wu Jialiang had to wait and see before deciding whether to join them.

He sneered in his heart, Wu Jialiang still wanted to get rid of him at this time, if he didn't have an accident, it would be okay, something happened...... Let's just say that these Liangshan thieves bewitched him, and if Zhou Quan thought about his father's old friendship, he would not be punished too severely, but these Liangshan thieves were originally taboo, and they would inevitably fall into the frieze at that time.

After thinking about it, Shen Shiyi's face suddenly changed.

"Mr. Wu, do you think that if something happens to me, I will keep my mouth shut and not tell Mr.?"

Wu Jialiang's jaw trembled slightly: "What does this have to do with me?" ”

"Destroying the country is a polemic, and destroying Zhou Quan's prestige, isn't this strategy planned by Mr. Wu for me?"

Wu Jialiang stared at Shen Shiyi tightly, looking at this smug face, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Could it be that Brother Shen Shiyi wants to plant this crime on me?" ”

"At the beginning, I asked Mr. Wu for advice, and Mr. Wu did not hesitate to give advice, but now he is like gold, and Shen has to do this." Shen Shiyi sneered: "I think Mr. Wu also has his own plans, otherwise why would he fall in love with my family's ability to build steam engines and muskets?" ”

The two of them stared at each other with big eyes and intrigues, but at this moment, they heard a bang outside, but someone was setting off artillery.

Shen Shiyi then thought that Shen Fatzi had just died, and he, as a filial son, still needed to go out to receive guests. There is also the body of Shen Fatzi, which also needs to be disposed of, so as not to be seen by others.

At that moment, he glanced at Wu Jialiang again, and said in a threatening tone: "Mr. Wu, we are grasshoppers tied to a rope, if you still hide your words...... It's not just me who regrets it, and I don't know if His Royal Highness King Ji trusts me more, or trusts you more, you, but Liangshan thieves! ”

Wu Jialiang's face finally changed.

They are not only Liangshan thieves, but because of the treasure, there is another one in the Huaxia army that has some connection with them. With Wu Jialiang's wisdom, he naturally knows that this is Zhou Quan's big taboo!

As this kid said, Zhou Quan misses the old, for the sake of Shen Fatzi, maybe he will leave a way for this kid to live, and Wu Jialiang and Song Jiang have committed Zhou Quan's big taboo, what will be the result?